What has changed
- On March 15, 2025, the Government of Canada stopped the federal fuel charge and the Canada Carbon Rebate for individuals. There will be no further quarterly CCR payments after the April 2025 payment. If you were eligible but have not yet filed your tax return for prior years, you are still able to receive your payments once your tax return is assessed.
- The CCR rural supplement was paid out to some people who were not entitled to get it. To maintain a fair and equitable tax system, the CRA is required to recover any overpayments or payments made in error. Impacted individuals should have received an official notification starting April 15, 2025.
- As of June 22, 2024, the Government of Canada had increased the CCR rural supplement from 10% to 20% of the base amount and eligibility reverted back to using the 2016 Census data. This means those deemed ineligible under the 2021 Census data would have again received the rural supplement. The increased supplement and retroactive payments from April and July were issued together in October’s payment.
- In 2024, the Climate action incentive payment was renamed the Canada Carbon Rebate (CCR).
- In 2021 to 2023, it was known as the Climate action incentive payment (CAIP)
- In 2018 to 2020, it was known as the Climate action incentive (CAI), which was a refundable tax credit claimed annually on personal income tax returns
How to claim the CAI on your 2018 to 2020 tax return
If you are looking for Climate Action Incentive credit information claimed on a tax return for the 2018 to 2020 tax years, refer to:
Then look for information related to Schedule 14 – Climate action incentive.